Archive for the ‘plastic’ Category

Stabiligrid

Stabiligrid
Stabiligrid is an economical, easy-to-install, load-bearing pervious-pavement lattice grid. It is an environmentally sound alternative to pavement, effectively reducing storm-water runoff and allowing the underlying soil to absorb and process environmental toxins, such as cadmium, copper, lead, and zinc,...
July 24th, 2009 | plastic | Read More

Scintilla Lumina

Scintilla Lumina
A variation of SensiTile Scintilla, Scintilla Lumina extends light from a single source to hundreds of reflected points along the surface of a material. Constructed of acrylic light pipes, Lumina conveys light along considerable distances in accordance with the same principles that apply to fiber optics....
July 15th, 2009 | plastic | Read More

Flextegrity

Flextegrity
Flextegrity utilizes digital geometric modeling to create structural geotextiles and dimensional meshes at a variety of scales. Interlocking polyhedral shapes are constructed with polymers, metals, or other materials. The geometries employed are naturally superior in structural compression, and the individual...
May 17th, 2009 | feature, plastic | Read More

Power Plastic

Power Plastic
Konarka’s Power Plastic converts light to energy, and can be integrated into any device, system, or structure that is exposed to light. Power Plastic is based on organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology and is extremely lightweight and flexible. OPVs are thin films comprised of multiple nanostructured...
February 16th, 2009 | plastic | Read More

Lumi-Line

Lumi-Line
The depth of designer Kazuko Akamatsu’s Lumi-Line tabletop is only 1/8 inches (.3 centimeters), thanks to engineering ingenuity and a synergistic combination of materials. Akamatsu adhered bundled fiberglass threads to a nonstructural, translucent plastic sheet with a translucent liquid glue. The pattern...
April 11th, 2008 | feature, plastic | Read More

Intelligent Bioplastic

Intelligent Bioplastic
Unlike conventional petroleum-based plastics, polylactic acid (PLA) plastic is mass produced by chemical synthesis using raw materials derived from corn. The production of PLA contributes less CO2 to the atmosphere than that of conventional plastics and offers superior biodegradability after disposal....
March 8th, 2008 | feature, plastic | Read More

Make/Shift

Make/Shift
Make/Shift is a flexible shelving system that can be arranged to fill spaces of varying sizes and between walls or even pillars. The interlocking wedge shape of the units allows them to “expand” or “contract” within a space: a single pair may be used for small gaps, or multiple modules may be...
February 22nd, 2008 | plastic | Read More

Self-Healing Polymers

Self-Healing Polymers
Structural polymers are susceptible to damage: cracks form deep within the structure where detection is difficult and repair is almost impossible. Damage in polymeric coatings, adhesives, microelectronic components, and structural composites can span many length scales. Structural composites subject...
February 6th, 2008 | feature, plastic | Read More

Twigs

Twigs
When Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec received a commission to create a rooftop shelter in Paris, they devised a system based on a tiny three-dimensional motif. Like their Algues product, Twigs is comprised by an aggregation of polypropylene units resembling small branches. The Twigs clip together on supporting...
December 29th, 2007 | plastic | Read More

Topo Table

Topo Table
TOPO is a series of Corian tables with built-in reconfigurable landscapes. Plastic inserts drop into the table to create functional topographies. TOPO uses rapid-prototyping technology in a way that enables each table to be different, and customers color in the areas where they want inserts placed in...
November 30th, 2007 | feature, plastic | Read More
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